Constiutional Foundations
This part of the Constitution establishes Congress as a bicameral legislature.
What is Article I?
This congressional power allows the removal of a president for misconduct.
What is impeachment?
This is where most bills are revised, debated in detail, and often stopped.
What are committees?
This person presides over the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This practice involves drawing district boundaries to benefit one political party.
What is gerrymandering?
This section of Article I explains what Congress is NOT allowed to do.
What is Article I, Section 9?
This vote threshold is required in both chambers to override a presidential veto.
What is two-thirds (2/3)?
This committee resolves differences between House and Senate versions of a bill.
What is a conference committee?
This leader is responsible for rounding up party members for important votes.
Who is the Whip?
This term refers to government spending directed toward specific local projects to benefit a member’s district.
What is pork-barrel spending?
This principle is demonstrated by Congress overriding a presidential veto.
What is checks and balances?
Congress can limit the president’s power by approving or rejecting the people he appoints to key positions.
What is the Senate’s approval of presidential appointments?
This Senate tactic allows a member to delay or block a vote through extended debate.
What is a filibuster?
This leader guides legislation for the majority party in the Senate.
Who is the Senate Majority Leader?
This financial condition occurs when the government spends more than it collects in revenue.
What is a deficit?
This section of the Constitution outlines the expressed powers of Congress.
What is Article I, Section 8?
This chamber must confirm presidential appointments.
What is the Senate?
This House committee determines how and when a bill will be debated on the floor.
What is the Rules Committee?
This title is given to the longest-serving member of the majority party in the Senate.
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
Congress holds this to gather expert testimony, hear public input, or investigate issues related to proposed or existing laws
What is a congressional hearing?
Congress passes a law creating a national bank. Opponents argue the Constitution does not specifically list this power. Supporters defend the law using a clause that allows Congress to make laws needed to carry out its enumerated powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The president vetoes a bill. Both the House and Senate vote again, and each chamber reaches THIS required supermajority to make the bill law without the president’s approval.
What is two -thirds?
A bill on agriculture is introduced in Congress. A permanent committee, focused specifically on agriculture policy, studies the bill, holds hearings, and makes recommendations before it reaches the full chamber.
What is a standing committee?
These are the people members of Congress are elected to represent.
Who are constituents?
A member of Congress introduces a bill, and it is assigned to a smaller group of members to gather information, hold hearings, and make recommendations before it reaches the full chamber.
What is a subcommittee?